PORTNEUF VALLEY TREE GUIDE - City of Pocatello

Redbud, EasternCercis canadensis22Mature size: 20’h x 25’wGrowth rate: medium to fastAvailability: readilyMagenta buds cover brancheswith rosy-pink pea-like blossomsbefore leaves appear; bronze tored-purple heart-shaped leavesturn dark blue-green and mayturn yellowish in fall. In summerflat seedpods appear. Lowbranchingor multistemmed.Excellent small specimen tree.Adaptable, but susceptible toverticillium wilt in overwateredlawns. Native to eastern U.S.Where to see: NE 10th & Carter,344 S. 12th, 525 Washington.ServiceberryAmelanchier spp.Z 4-9Z 2-9Mature size: 6–20’h x 4–10’wGrowth rate: slow to mediumAvailability: readilyMay be shrub or tree. Delicatewhite blossoms. Red to deeppurple berries attract wildlife.Leaves open hairy gray-greenthen turn medium green. Mosthave good yellow, orange,or red fall color. Adaptableand tolerates a wide range ofconditions. Shrubby A. alnifoliaand A. utahensis native to Idaho;nonnative tree forms sometimeschlorotic in local alkaline soils.Where to see: Area hillsides; ISUNatural History Museum.© Richard WebbSmall Deciduous Trees